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[GH-ISSUE #123] Account Banned #108
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Originally created by @FirstActive-hue on GitHub (Nov 21, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Googolplexed0/zotify/issues/123
I got an email from Spotify telling me that I was in violation of the terms of service for making unauthorized copies of songs (shocker) and that my account has been suspended. But I have the real-time-download on and the read-me says that no one has reported being banned for using zotify.
Luckily, this is my first offense and I should be able to get my account back, but subsequent suspensions will definitely not be so easy to appeal, so I'll have to stop using that account and buy a few burners to continue my archiving. Also, to be clear, I have been archiving music basically non-stop since I downloaded zotify a few days ago, so maybe that many API requests going that long triggered their moderation.
Yes I DID create an account just to say this, this is not a promotion like I've seen in other places
Email from Spotify:
Let me know if you have questions or need more info.
Thanks.
@GeorgeFence commented on GitHub (Nov 22, 2025):
What settings did you use?
I mean like the params
zotify "link" ....@FirstActive-hue commented on GitHub (Nov 22, 2025):
I'm not really sure what you mean but I've pasted my config file if that's anything
{
"ROOT_PATH": "
/Music/Zotify Music",/Music/Zotify Podcasts","SAVE_CREDENTIALS": "True",
"CREDENTIALS_LOCATION": "",
"OUTPUT": "",
"OUTPUT_PLAYLIST": "{playlist}/{artist}{song_name}",
"OUTPUT_PLAYLIST_EXT": "{playlist}/{playlist_num}{artist}{song_name}",
"OUTPUT_LIKED_SONGS": "Liked Songs/{artist}{song_name}",
"OUTPUT_SINGLE": "{artist}/{album}/{artist}{song_name}",
"OUTPUT_ALBUM": "{artist}/{album}/{album_num}{artist}_{song_name}",
"ROOT_PODCAST_PATH": "
"SPLIT_ALBUM_DISCS": "False",
"MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH": "0",
"BULK_WAIT_TIME": "1",
"DOWNLOAD_REAL_TIME": "True",
"TEMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "",
"DOWNLOAD_PARENT_ALBUM": "False",
"NO_COMPILATION_ALBUMS": "False",
"REGEX_ENABLED": "False",
"REGEX_TRACK_SKIP": "",
"REGEX_EPISODE_SKIP": "",
"REGEX_ALBUM_SKIP": "",
"DOWNLOAD_FORMAT": "copy",
"DOWNLOAD_QUALITY": "very_high",
"TRANSCODE_BITRATE": "auto",
"SONG_ARCHIVE_LOCATION": "",
"DISABLE_SONG_ARCHIVE": "False",
"DISABLE_DIRECTORY_ARCHIVES": "False",
"SKIP_EXISTING": "True",
"SKIP_PREVIOUSLY_DOWNLOADED": "True",
"EXPORT_M3U8": "False",
"M3U8_LOCATION": "",
"M3U8_REL_PATHS": "True",
"LIKED_SONGS_ARCHIVE_M3U8": "True",
"DOWNLOAD_LYRICS": "True",
"LYRICS_LOCATION": "",
"ALWAYS_CHECK_LYRICS": "False",
"LYRICS_MD_HEADER": "False",
"LANGUAGE": "en",
"STRICT_LIBRARY_VERIFY": "True",
"MD_DISC_TRACK_TOTALS": "True",
"MD_SAVE_GENRES": "True",
"MD_ALLGENRES": "False",
"MD_GENREDELIMITER": ", ",
"MD_ARTISTDELIMITER": ", ",
"MD_SAVE_LYRICS": "True",
"ALBUM_ART_JPG_FILE": "False",
"RETRY_ATTEMPTS": "1",
"CHUNK_SIZE": "20000",
"REDIRECT_ADDRESS": "127.0.0.1",
"PRINT_SPLASH": "False",
"PRINT_PROGRESS_INFO": "True",
"PRINT_SKIPS": "True",
"PRINT_DOWNLOADS": "True",
"PRINT_DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS": "True",
"PRINT_URL_PROGRESS": "True",
"PRINT_ALBUM_PROGRESS": "True",
"PRINT_ARTIST_PROGRESS": "True",
"PRINT_PLAYLIST_PROGRESS": "True",
"PRINT_WARNINGS": "True",
"PRINT_ERRORS": "True",
"PRINT_API_ERRORS": "True",
"FFMPEG_LOG_LEVEL": "error"
}
Edit: Not sure why there are strikethroughs, just ignore those. I'm new to this
@GeorgeFence commented on GitHub (Nov 22, 2025):
I meant how did you run zotify.. what command?
@FirstActive-hue commented on GitHub (Nov 22, 2025):
I usually used
zotify -sand then searched my artist/albums@GeorgeFence commented on GitHub (Nov 22, 2025):
oh.. you may try adding
--download-real-timebehind the command. It will slow down the download, but it looks not as suspicious to spotify. That means Download time = Track length@FirstActive-hue commented on GitHub (Nov 22, 2025):
I had that turned on in the config though and when I downloaded a song it would take the track length of time to download it.
@GeorgeFence commented on GitHub (Nov 22, 2025):
oh.. i see...
@FirstActive-hue commented on GitHub (Nov 22, 2025):
I mentioned that I had been archiving for many days in a row, so that might've triggered the ban. So that means I will just have to slow down my efforts more
@SkilletWarez commented on GitHub (Nov 25, 2025):
Increase your bulk wait time 10s and up